Guangzhou , China -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- In a voice alternating between desperate and hopeful , Qu Feifei talked to her daughter continuously Tuesday afternoon through a window left ajar at the main military hospital in this southern Chinese city .

`` Yueyue , give Mom another chance to love you , OK ? '' she finally begged , sobbing .

On the other side of the window , two-year-old Wang Yue -- affectionately known as Yueyue -- lay almost lifeless in bed inside the intensive care unit , with netting around her head and a respirator covering her small face .

The toddler was gravely injured in two successive hit-and-run incidents last Thursday not far from her father 's hardware store in the nearby city of Foshan . When CNN visited the scene Tuesday evening , the blood stains had long gone but two circled numbers on the ground made with black markers clearly indicated the locations of both collisions .

Wang 's condition remained critical , her brain showing little activity despite some earlier subtle movements in the lower body , her mother said .

Gruesome security camera footage of the accidents and the girl , lying in her own blood , ignored by more than a dozen passersby in a busy market has outraged the nation , stirring an emotional debate on the state of morality in a fast-changing society .

On Sina Weibo , China 's equivalent of Twitter , the story continued to be the No. 1 topic after generating more than 4.5 million posts along with a `` stop apathy '' online campaign . While the initial video went viral on Chinese Internet , state-run newspapers and television stations have since seized on the story , turning their spotlight on an unlikely hero as well as many villains .

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Chen Xianmei , a 58-year-old scavenger who was seen in the video moving Wang to safety , became an instant symbol of understated decency in a nation that many netizens say has become obsessed with climbing up the economic ladder . Camera crews chased Chen for interviews , while local government and businesses fought to award her money .

`` I did n't think of anything at the time , '' she told local reporters Sunday . `` I just wanted to save the girl . ''

Chen 's overnight celebrity , however , appeared too overwhelming for her . Her neighbors told CNN Tuesday night she had gone home to the countryside with her son .

Domestic media also tracked down some of the passersby in the video . While several denied seeing Wang lie on the ground , one pedestrian told Yangcheng Evening News that she noticed a girl crying next to a pool of blood .

`` I went to the closest store and asked a young man there if she was his child , but he said no , '' the newspaper quoted her as saying . `` Nobody else dared to touch her , how did I ? ''

`` This is sort of classic bystander effect , where people have a diffusion of responsibility , '' Wendy Walsh , a psychologist based in Los Angeles , commented on CNN .

Wang 's mother said in tears that she still could n't comprehend the behavior of the passersby but wanted to focus on the positive .

`` Granny Chen represents the best of human nature , '' Qu said of her daughter 's rescuer at the scene . `` It 's the nicest and most natural side of us . ''

Despite rising concerns over China 's declining morality after the story broke , humanity now shines at the Guangzhou hospital where Wang is being treated .

A steady procession of well-wishers surrounds her family throughout the day , offering gifts , money and support .

`` I 'm so grateful for all the nice people , '' Qu said . `` Yueyue wo n't let them down .

`` I know my girl -- she 's strong and she 'll wake up again . ''

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`` Give Mom another chance to love you , '' the unconscious child 's mother begs

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Video showing child being ignored after grave injury rocks China

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One passerby says , `` Nobody else dared to touch her , how did I ? ''

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The mother , Qu Feifei , wants to focus on the positive